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D. A. KILMER. Bale-Tie.

No. 228,649. Patented June 8,1880.

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DANIEL A. KILMER, OF HOWES GAVE, NEW YORK.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,649, dated June 8, 1880.

' Application filed April 5, 1880. (No nodeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL A. KILMER, of Howes Cave, in the county of Schoharie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a view, in perspective, of my baletie. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views, and Fig. 4 is a side view.

The nature of my present invention relates to the construction of bale-ties.

The improvement consists in the lockingplate, through which one end of the wire is passed and secured in the manner hereinat ter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

The main objects of this invention are simplicity, cheapness of construction, and facility in baling.

In the drawings, Adesignates the balingwire, and B the locking-plate, which, in baling, is passed through the eye 0. The wire is first passed through the plate at d, and then carried along one face of the plate, and then passed through it again, as at E. ing passed through the plate the last time it is bent either forward or backward, the first illustration being in Fig. 2 and the latter in Fig. 3. The wire is bentat an angle, as at F, which leaves a space between the plate and After bethe wire, thus constituting a hook of one end of the locking-plate.

In baling it will be impossible to draw the wire out of the locking-plate, owing to the bends in the wire.

The locking-plate may be passed through the eye either from the inside or the outside, according to the way in which the ends of the baling-wire meet. The locking-plate may also be passed through and engaged with the eye at any angle in which the eye may be brought to the plate. 1

An important feature of this.immovement is that this locking-plate is adapted for a variety of eyes; also, the plate may be hooked into a small eye, thus relieving all possibility of the bending of the eye.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bale-tie comprising a locking-plate, through which the baling-wire is passed at two angles, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the locking-plate B, in a bale-tie, with the baling-wire passed through the plate at the points (Z and I], and the eye (J, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL A. KILMER.

\Vitnesses:

ROBERT EVERETT, JAMES J. SHEEHY. 

